Werner Hartenstein pulled drowning British troops from the Atlantic Ocean in September 1942. The German U-boat commander was ...
On Christmas 1914, the Christmas Truce saw German, British, French and Russian soldiers pause World War I for carols, ...
In December 1914, British and German soldiers fighting World War I unofficially stopped combat to celebrate Christmas. Known ...
On Christmas Eve 1914, battling German and British soldiers laid down their arms and sang Christmas carols together — a brief ...
The soldiers in the 16th Royal Scots were affectionately known as McCrae’s Battalion, named after the lieutenant colonel who founded them, Sir George McCrae. Brought together from Edinburgh and nearby ...
In the early stages of the First World War, Brits and Germans came together on the frontlines to pause the fighting for ...
Pte Maxwell was not the only soldier to refashion the trench biscuit into makeshift stationery. Made out of whole wheat flour with no sugar, the hard, dry biscuits could survive long journeys and ...
On Christmas Eve in 1914, many men were in the trenches fighting the war, but the spirit of Christmas halted the conflict for ...
On Christmas Eve in 1914, a light snowfall began to dust the Western Front, unable to settle on the muddy, waterlogged ground ...
But for one moment in 1914, there came a Christmas miracle. The soldiers in the trenches stopped fighting, and for a moment, ...
The Battle of Verdun cost the lives of hundreds of thousands of French and German soldiers, and it inspired the first-person ...
When you think about more recent military history, it’s unsurprising that World War II is the centerpiece of most ...
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